Police appeal for witnesses after dangerous driver causes chaos in Auckland
A man who was "driving dangerously at excessive speeds" has crashed four times across east and south Auckland, injuring a motorcyclist. Senior Sergeant Graeme Fleming said Counties Manukau Police were...
View ArticleUnruly tourists plead guilty to roofing scam
Two British men linked to the notorious "unruly" travelling tourists which famously wreaked havoc during the Kiwi summer have pleaded guilty to a roof-fixing fraud. 26-year-old Tommy Ward and...
View ArticleWilliam Wakefield found guilty of murder for deliberately shaking baby stepson
A man who deliberately shook his 5-month-old stepson because he was resentful the child wasn't his is guilty of murder, a jury says. William Wakefield, 32, was this afternoon found guilty of murdering...
View ArticleMen found not guilty of raping woman in Napier hotel room
Two men have been found not guilty of raping a woman in a Napier hotel room in August, 2017. A jury of nine women and three men retired about 4pm on Wednesday to consider the verdict. After almost nine...
View ArticlePolice offer $100k for information about unsolved murder of Angela Blackmoore
Detectives investigating a brutal 1995 cold murder case hope a record $100,000 reward will help flush out a guilty killer carrying around a "cognitive load of burden". Angela Blackmoore, a 21-year-old...
View ArticlePrisoner who had throat slashed 'alive by a divine miracle'
A former Otago prisoner has admitted slitting the throat of a fellow inmate, using a razor blade fused to a piece of plastic. The victim says he is "alive by a divine miracle". Anthony John Wheble, 24,...
View ArticleChristchurch police appeal for information over car vs cyclist crash
Police are appealing for witnesses to a Christchurch crash involving a car and cyclist, back in April. The male cyclist- who sustained moderate injuries- was hit on Tuesday the 9th around 6:40 in the...
View ArticleTerror charges filed against Christchurch gunman
Terror charges have been filed after the Christchurch mosque attacks. Commissioner of Police Mike Bush said a charge of engaging in a terrorist act under section 6A of the Terrorism Suppression Act...
View ArticlePuppies used in attempt to lure girl into van in Otago
A man tried to lure a young girl into a van in Kurow with the offer of puppies, police say. Senior Sergeant Craig Dinnissen, of Dunedin, said the 11-year-old girl supplied a detailed description of the...
View ArticleVicious racial road rage: Attack fractured child's skull
A young Auckland man has admitted a prolonged and vicious "racially motivated" road rage attack on a family which saw him ram their car off the road, sending two children flying through the air. Fraser...
View ArticleWanted businessman to fight Aussie extradition request
A Chinese businessman, who was living undetected in New Zealand, will fight an extradition request by the Australian Government over an alleged multimillion-dollar tax fraud. Li Zhang, 56, briefly...
View Article35 arrests, $1 million in assets seized in major drug bust
Police have arrested 35 people and seized more than $1million in assets as part of a major meth bust in Wellington. Six children were also located at the addresses searched in the operation. Detective...
View ArticlePolice seek information over aggravated dairy robbery
Christchurch police are appealing for information after an aggravated robbery on Sunday. A man entered a dairy on Lincoln road about 12.30 pm, pushing the shop attendant to the ground and stealing...
View ArticleCorrections seeks advice on how to deal with Christchurch gunman
Prison bosses have looked to the incarceration of Norwegian mass-murderer Anders Breivik when designing a way of managing the man accused of the mosque shootings. Two of those closely involved in the...
View ArticleMan who expressed support Christchurch massacre to stay in jail
A young man who expressed admiration for the Christchurch mosque killings will be held in prison beyond the date of his previously expected release. Frank Finch, 22, had "applauded the actions" of the...
View ArticleWoman jailed for attacking ex-colleague with ice axe at Timaru tattoo parlour
A woman who attacked a man with an ice axe after a soured relationship that included losing ownership of a tattoo parlour has been jailed. Russell Beaumont, a transgender woman who now goes by the name...
View ArticleMan allegedly commits mini crime spree so he can head back to prison
A man who was recently released from prison went on a small crime spree in Mosgiel at the weekend with the intention of being locked back up because he had nowhere to go, police say. Senior Sergeant...
View ArticleComanchero duo on trial for 'execution' killing of Auckland man
A young father and his wife were shot several times during an execution-style killing along an Auckland street by three members of the Comanchero Motorcycle Club, a court has heard. The trial of two of...
View ArticleTrial of alleged Christchurch synthetic drug dealing ring begins
The "mastermind" accused of running a vast, multi-million dollar synthetic drug dealing network spanning the South Island operated out of a small Christchurch dairy, a court heard today. Fei He, a...
View ArticleHawke's Bay woman pleads guilty to stabbing partner while he was driving
A Hawke's Bay woman sitting in the back seat as her partner drove along a rural road stabbed him in the back with a knife through the car seat, in an attack that eventually left him unconscious....
View Article